Opinion

Government should remove the impediments to elections for the cricket boards

Dear Editor,                    In 2011 former Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang in his ruling on the Angela Haniff v GCB application for an injunction stated that the government through its Ministry/Minister of Sport should install an Interim Management Committee (IMC) as a short-term measure, and legislation as the long-term remedy for the escalating cricket crisis.

Speechless in Syria

Earlier this week the Syrian pro-democracy and media activist Rami Jarrah used the word “holocaust” to describe the carnage underway in parts of Syria.

Proud of the Town Clerk

Dear Editor, Minister Bulkan’s statement about the Town Clerk’s action in cleaning Robb Street, removing the vendors and executing what was lawful in clearing blocked passages and entrances to legitimate businesses and the filth that had accumulated because of the vendors operating there, was unfortunate and disrespectful to the Town Clerk.

Trafficking in persons

Trafficking in persons (TIP), or human trafficking, is a relatively new term in everyday parlance in Guyana, and while it has gained tremendous recognition in usage over the past few years, many persons still fail to come to grips with the fact that some activities that might have been considered immoral but not necessarily illegal, now fall within the definition of human trafficking and attract harsh legal consequences.

It is the PPP/C that introduced public open tendering

Dear Editor, The SN editorial of 26 September 2016 `Juice contract and transparency’ is a barefaced attempt at historical revisionism, seeking to excuse the obvious and blatant APNU+AFC corruption involved in the award of the fruit juice contract to a foreign company which was not the lowest bidder (and the still fresh scandal involving single sourcing of an unfinished building to serve as a drug bond) by seeking to misrepresent the PPP/C’s record in office in relation to procurement and using this misrepresentation as a smokescreen.

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